Justice | Society
Should animals have the same rights as humans?
...case of the 21 is one of a number of recent instances where activists have sought to blur the line between the rights of animals and the rights of humans....
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Justice | LGBTQ2, Opinion
Ontario’s sex-ed reversal denies LGBTQ2 children their rights
...rights but human rights. Specifically, human rights for those who are LGBTQ. In 2015, when the new curriculum was brought in, I was a member of provincial parliament, and my...
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Justice | Interview
UN watchdog shocked by homelessness in Canada
...rights-compliant private market. I’m trying to convince people that we should be regulating from a human rights perspective in the private market. It’s a tough sell, but I think right...
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Justice | Environment
‘The adults have failed us’
...become passionately immersed in human rights and women’s rights. Then, one day, she had a flash of insight: “Wait! Nature and environment and human rights tie together with the issue...
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Ethical Living | Society
Do we face a future without Down syndrome?
...equality and human rights of people with developmental disabilities,” says Michael Bach, executive vice-president of the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), which has been advocating for people with intellectual...
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Spirituality | Society
When faith and tradition collide with sexual education
...because of a discussion about LGBTQ than I would a discussion about race or gender.” For Pontes, the Ontario Human Rights Code etches a bright line between reasonable and excessive...
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Ethical Living | Society
50 years after Apollo 11, we’re still fighting over the moon
...triggered the chemistry that led to primitive life, and later the transition of human ancestors from sea to land. The moon has figured into mysticism, mythology and religion since humans...
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Ethical Living | Environment, Society
Are vegans right?
...— for gay rights, for women’s rights, for civil rights — all encountered the same snickering in their early slogging as the subject of animal rights does now. It was...
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Justice | Indigenous
Reconciliation process: What can Canada learn from Australia?
...symbolism and ripe for action. But Indigenous peoples are still not mentioned in the constitution. According to Australia’s Human Rights Commission, protections under anti-discrimination legislation are compromised as a result....
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Justice | Society
Why P.E.I. didn’t provide abortions for 35 years
...burner until the 2000s, when activist and academic Colleen MacQuarrie began stirring the pot. Colleen MacQuarrie (left) with fellow abortion access campaigner Josie Baker at a human rights rally in...
